Iridomyrmex purpureus

Meat Ant at Belconnen, ACT

Request use of media

Identify this sighting

Iridomyrmex purpureus MichaelMulvaney 18 Oct 2026
Iridomyrmex purpureus CarbonAI 18 Oct 2026
Iridomyrmex purpureus HSweatman 18 Oct 2026

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

Emu Creek - Life in Urban Spaces Survey - Belconnen Way site

Be the first to comment


Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Sighting information

  • 999 Abundance
  • 10 Oct 2026 02:19 PM Recorded on
  • HSweatman Recorded by
  • A wattle Associated plant
  • Tended by ants Associated animal
  • Less than 5mm Animal size

Collections

Species information

  • Iridomyrmex purpureus Scientific name
  • Meat Ant Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 963.87m Recorded at altitude
  • External link More information
  • Synonyms

    Iridomyrmex purpurea

Record quality

Quality score 4 / 7
  • Images or audio
  • Verified by an expert moderator
  • Description
  • Additional attributes
  • More than one media file
  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
  • GPS evidence of location
857,638 sightings of 23,827 species from 16,470 members
NatureMapr is developed by at3am | Made and hosted in Australia | privacy | CCA 3.0